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Areal Flood Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 17, 2016Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this areal flood warning at Apr 17, 2016, 9:04 AM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 17, 2016, 9:04 AM CDT (14:04 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Apr 17, 8:57 AM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 8:57 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 5:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 7:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Grant, Stevens	6 hr
Apr 16, 9:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa	6 hr
Apr 16, 10:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	51 min
Apr 16, 11:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	40 min
Apr 17, 10:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis	9 hr
Apr 17, 10:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Ness	9 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.